Derek Winnert

Reviews

A Life in the Balance ***½ (1955, Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Perez, Rodolfo Acosta) – Classic Movie Review 12,146

Lee Marvin stars as a religious-fanatic serial killer terrorizing young women in Mexico City, where the police are chasing the wrong man and his son’s life is in the balance. Director Harry Horner’s intriguing, involving cheap-cost […]

May, 30

Life Is a Bed of Roses [La vie est un roman] *** (1983, Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant) – Classic Movie Review 12,145

When Life Is a Bed of Roses was released in April 1983, it got bad reviews (‘a catastrophe’) and had the lowest cinema admissions in France for an Alain Resnais film till then. Linked by […]

May, 30

Afterglow **** (1997, Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller) – Classic Movie Review 12,144

Julie Christie was Oscar nominated as Best Actress and won several international awards for her standout performance in Alan Rudolph’s 1997 romantic comedy-drama film gem Afterglow. Writer-director Alan Rudolph’s civilised, freewheeling, attractively offbeat 1997 romantic […]

May, 29

Mrs Mike *** (1949, Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 12,143

Evelyn Keyes opined that Mrs Mike (1949) was her best film. Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounted was one with co-star Dick Powell. Director Louis King’s 1949 black and white adventure drama Mrs Mike […]

May, 28

To the Ends of the Earth **** (1948, Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Ludwig Donath, Vladimir Sokoloff, Edgar Barrier) – Classic Movie Review 12,142

The outstanding 1948 American crime film noir To the Ends of the Earth stars Dick Powell as a US Narcotics Agent determined to smash a drugs ring.  Director Robert Stevenson’s outstanding 1948 Columbia Pictures American […]

May, 28

Whiplash *** (1948, Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden) – Classic Movie Review 12,141

The tough 1948 boxing melodrama Whiplash is beautifully photographed in a starkly dramatic film noir fashion, making it a fine exercise in style. It stars Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott and Eve Arden.  Director […]

May, 26

Whirlpool *** (1934, Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Allen Jenkins, Donald Cook, Lila Lee) – Classic Movie Review 12,139

Columbia Pictures’ 1934 romantic crime drama Whirlpool stars Jack Holt and Jean Arthur in her breakthrough role after 12 years in the film industry. Director Roy William Neill’s 1934 Columbia Pictures romantic crime drama Whirlpool […]

May, 26

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